I am a cyborg
What is a cyborg? A superhero in science fictions? Or a new model robot? Donna Haraway defined cyborg is both a ‘creature of social reality’ and ‘creature of fiction’. She further explains cyborg as a series of real connections between bodies and machines, but it is also a series of metaphors, or new ways of telling stories in order to negotiate culture. (Andrew Murphie, 2003, p.116) This concept is highly influential human’s interpretation of the cyborg. At the beginning, I do think I am a 100 % human. However, when I think about Donna Haraway’s definition of cyborg. I found it is very hard for us to claim you as a 100% human anymore. It is because human and technology are merging together, we cannot live without technology. For example, when we do project or essay, we tend to use computer to help us finish these jobs. When we stay at home, everything around us is invaded by technology such as TV, light, cooker etc. you can imagine if there is no technology, our life and thinking will totally different. Technology become part of my life, it act as an externally nutrition to help my life goes smoother and better. Therefore, I definitely regard myself as a cyborg with a nice temperament and appearance. Lol ( a cyber language means laugh out loud)
My experience as being a blogger
To be honest, I do not like to use blog for submitting assignments or essay. I understand it is a new method for us to experience more on the relationship between technology and human. I do think it is a very successful way to let us feel what are the feelings of disclose your privacy.
This blog gives me a great feeling of technology power in the development of greatly improved technologies for storing and manipulating information. As we have to comment on two other tutorial presentations posted in the same week, my peers and I always forget to leave a comment on the same week. One day, my peers told me the date can be changed. In other words, I can leave the comment of week 2 presentation in week 6 without breaking the rules, because no one will know it. There is nothing impossible in cyber space, not only manipulate the text, but also the time.
The other feeling about being this weblogger is it blurs the boundary of private and public place. For me, I always do essays or assignments at home and submit them at school. However, this weblog washes these away. Now, I do the weblog by my iphone which means I can do and submit the assignments everywhere and anywhere. Yes. It is more convenient compare to the past. However, I also treat the assignment in a more causal way. It seems change my experience and attitude of learning.
Feeling about this unit
In this unit, I love week 5 (identity) most. The reading of this week is very interesting which talk about Jennicam. According to the Krissi M. Limaroglou, Jenni occupies the hybrid position of both object and subject, she is a composer and is composed.( Krissi M. Limaroglou, 2001, p.291) It is not only talking about Jenni’s situation, but also can apply in our real world. In reality, men objectify women if they view and treat them as objects of male sexual desire; they desire them to be submissive, and force them to submit; they believe that women are in fact submissive; and they believe that they are submissive in nature. (Ann J. Cahill, 2011, p.20) In Jenniscam, we can see the traditional thought of objectify women and how Jenni overthrows the thought and take control of how people look at her. This let me think about technology can change the norms or represent the norms on our reality. People will also express their own feelings or dissatisfaction of the society through the internet.
This unit do inspires me to think more about the relationship between technology and human deeply as well as how technology changes our society and identity. I think this unit tells me what the world is going to be and there can be a lot of possibilities exist in our world.
Reference
Green, Eileen, and Alison Adam. "A Camera with a View JenniCAM, Visual Representation and Cyborg Subjectivity." Virtual Gender: Technology, Consumption, and Identity. London: Routledge, 2001. 286-301.
Cahill, Ann J. "Troubling Objectivication." Overcoming Objectification: a Carnal Ethics. New York: Routledge, 2011. 1-31.
Murphie, Andrew, and John Potts. "Cyborgs: the Body, Information and Technology." Culture and Technology. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 115-41.
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